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Congratulations to Governor Abigail Spanberger on Her Historic Inauguration – A Call for Collaboration and Principled Debate
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookFor Immediate Release By the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy Date: January 17, 2026 Today, the Thomas Jefferson Institute…
“Affordability” is a Feel-Good Slogan that Ignores Difficult Economic Tradeoffs
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Outlook“Affordability” has become the most powerful word in modern politics – and nowhere more than here in Virginia. Candidates promised “affordable…
Youngkin’s State of the Commonwealth Highlights Virginia’s Commonsense Renaissance
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookGovernor Glenn Youngkin’s final State of the Commonwealth address last night offered more than a farewell, it served as an empirical rebuttal to…
Data center naysayers should consider what the future would have brought to Port Washington
Impacts are minimal in comparison to what might have occurred Seldom if ever conceded by many critics of the planned $15 billion 1,000-plus-acre data center under way in Port Washington is the fact that something was…
Game over: How a professor bungled the facts of Wisconsin school choice
From history to poverty to treating kids like wildlife, errors compound Bungling facts is bad enough. The harm’s far greater when you’re paid by taxpayers to profess them at Wisconsin’s flagship state university. A case in…
The VCEA Renewable Certificate Mandate Reduces Energy Affordability
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookA key, but poorly understood, provision of the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) is a requirement that Virginia’s two largest electric utilities…
Superior coal terminal is latest victim of declining Great Lakes shipments
A coal terminal in Superior will terminate its operations this year as cargo shippers are moving less tonnage via the Great Lakes. A decline in cargo moving across the Great Lakes via United States-flagged “lakers” has led to…
Lead paint: The 50-year saga continues
MPS finally steps up remediation Nearly 50 years after the U.S. government banned lead-based paint, Milwaukee Public Schools officials have again been trying to cover up or remove the toxic substance that parents likely…
Dominion Describes Efforts to Limit Turbine Radar Interference
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookDominion Energy Virginia’s team building its offshore wind facility spent years working with the U.S. Navy and the air defense agency NORAD on ways…
U.S. House defangs federal protection of gray wolves in Wisconsin
Tiffany-authored bill could move management to state with over 100 wolf attacks in recent year The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill by Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany that, if approved by the Senate, would…
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